DOL proposes to reverse Trump-era rule on worker classification under FLSA The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division last month proposed a rule to revise WHD’s analysis of determining worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) does not directly address trucking-specific issues, but it noted […]
“Nothing happens until someone sells something” is a business idiom that’s been around since the dawn of accounts receivable, but the reality is that nothing happens until someone collects something.
One of Ross Bernstein’s failures was the source of one of his greatest successes. The lifelong sports fan and author of nearly 50 sports books decided to try out for the Minnesota Gophers team, but that didn’t pan out as planned. During his walk-on, he smashed into team captain Todd Richards, who was wearing a […]
Volvo Group North America on Friday, Oct. 7, hosted President Joe Biden at the Volvo Group Powertrain Operations facility in Hagerstown, Maryland, for National Manufacturing Day. Biden met with Volvo Group executives, toured the facility, and spoke with employees during the event. “The Volvo Group is very pleased to host President Biden at our Volvo […]
NLRB proposes joint-employer rule to undo Trump-era rule The National Labor Relations Board has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make it easier for workers to claim joint employment, reversing a February 2020 rule that made it more difficult for workers to make such a claim. The current rule states that employees could […]
Atlas Logistics, a subsidiary of Atlas World Group (CCJ Top 250, No. 63) has acquired Progressive Transportation, Inc. of Wausau, Wisconsin, a provider of over-the-road pad-wrap transportation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition of 50-truck Progressive Transportation accelerates the growth of padded-van solutions within Atlas Logistics’ service offerings and delivers additional capacity to our network […]
Les Holtkamp was working in sales for a large wholesale crop protection company and decided to purchase two trucks in 2013. He leased his two trucks and two drivers on with another company and worked nights and weekends to service and maintain the units. A year later he got his own operating authority and partnered […]
During the first five years of his marriage, Rob Hatchett and his wife attended an annual marriage retreat where they received assignments to have conversations about a given topic, like money. The same principle goes for driver pay, said Hatchett, president of Fleet Intel, a tool that helps carriers analyze and compare driver pay, benefits and […]
